Bonnie Branch 6th Grade - Weather
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Evaporation | changing of a liquid into a gas
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| Transpiration | process by which plants give off water vapor into the air
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| Capacity | amount of material something can hold
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| Saturated | filled to capacity
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| Specific humidity | actual amount of water in the air
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| Condensation | changing of a gas to a liquid
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| Dew point | temperature to which air must be cooled to reach saturation
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| Frost | ice formed from condensation below the freezing point of water
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| Cirrus cloud | light, feathery cloud
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| Cumulus cloud | big, puffy clouds
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| Stratus cloud | sheet-like cloud that forms layers across the sky
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| Precipitation | water that falls to Earth from the atmosphere
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| Rain gauge | device used to measure precipitation
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| Air mass | large volume of air with about the same temperature and amount of moisture throughout
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| Polar air mass | air mass that forms over cold regions
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| Tropical air mass | air mass that forms over warm regions
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| Front | boundary between air masses of different densities
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| Cold front | forward edge of a cold air mass, formed when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass
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| Warm front | forward edge of a warm air mass, formed when a warm air mass pushes over a cold air mass
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| Thunderstorm | storm with thunder, lightning, and often heavy rain and strong winds
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| Tornado | small, very violent funnel-shaped cloud that spins
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| Hurricane | tropical storm with very strong winds
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| Station model | record of weather information at a weather station
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| Millibar | unit of measurement for air pressure
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| Isobar | line on a weather map that connects points of equal air pressure
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| Isotherm | line on a weather map that joins places that have the same temperatures
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